[Amps] Alternative cooling strategies for SB-220?

[Carl]

Are there any good references on water cooling? Ive a tube Id like to play 
with sometime.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger" <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
To: "Dave White" <mausoptik at btinternet.com>
Cc: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Alternative cooling strategies for SB-220?


> The 3-500 is an easy tube to cool as it only takes a breeze to do so.
> Adding chimneys and blowing the air up around them certainly makes the
> cooling more efficient.
> Also the remote blower with ducting to the amp mentioned earlier can
> easily be used with these tubes and is the quietest of the lot where the
> mechanical means is used. I'd probably use something a bit different
> than a dryer hose, but you can move a lot of air that way.
> The water cooling is easily adapted to some of the Russian tubes as the
> finned anode cooler is removable on many of them including the GS-35B.
> Also the vapor phase cooling (with distilled water) would be, or could
> be very efficient.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
> Dave White wrote:
>> I'll second that as a good idea. Also you may wish to mount the blower on 
>> rubber bushes to stop the vibrations from using the amp chassis as a 
>> soundbox and putting sound-deadening lagging in short pieces of plastic 
>> drainpipe around the air entry and exit vents.
>>
>> Or build something with a water cooled tube.  Or even a vapour phase 
>> cooled tube as per the 'Stanley Steamer' in the old Eimac bulletin.  The 
>> latter using the latent heat of evaporation is the most effective cooling 
>> method of the lot
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dave G0OIL
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: donroden at hiwaay.net
>> To: amps at contesting.com
>> Sent: 16/12/2009 00:51
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Alternative cooling strategies for SB-220?
>>
>> Build an enclosure that vents out the back...  equipment built into
>> the wall concept.  That will drop the noise at least by half.
>>
>> Don WA4NPL
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting "Bill W5WVO" <w5wvo at cybermesa.net>:
>>
>>
>>> It already has, apparently. However, it was a serious question,
>>> despite the obvious reality that some guys think wanting to reduce
>>> the level of ambient noise in the shack is stupid. I'm sure there
>>> must be some who share my desire for peace and quiet. :-)
>>>
>>
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